Fantasy Rugby Team Names – Union and League Puns

How it works

These fantasy rugby team names come five at a press, from Scrummage Sale to Forty-Twenty Vision. All 91 use rugby union and rugby league words, and no player, club, union or competition is named.

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Five sets in the menu

Press the button for five names, or pick one set from the menu. Rugby puns has 27, Squad and selection jokes 15, Tough names for the pack 16, Clean names for a work league 18 and Last place 15.

Union words and league words

Seventeen names print a line naming the code the word comes from. The maul, the lineout, the garryowen and the TMO are rugby union words; the forty-twenty kick and the interchange bench are rugby league words.

Questions and answers

What are funny fantasy rugby team names?

Scrummage Sale, Openside Sesame, Grubber Gloves, Conversion Van Tour and Ruck Inspection Unit are in the Rugby puns set of 27, each built on a rugby word.

What is a good name when my selections go wrong?

Benched the Wrong Winger, Try Scorer's Remorse, Selectors Anonymous and Fullback on the Bench Again are in the Squad and selection jokes set.

Can I use these for a rugby team that plays?

Yes. The puns and the pack names fit a club side too, and rugby team names has a list written for one. The squad and selection set is written for fantasy managers, about benches, selectors and team sheets.

Are the names clean enough for a work league?

Yes. Every name is clean, and the work set adds office jokes such as Lineout at the Printer, Maul in the Mailroom and Spreadsheet Scrummagers.

All 91 names

Rugby puns 27

Blindside Mirror Check
Breakdown Cover Policy
Conversion Van Tour
Crash Ball Course
Forty-Twenty Vision A forty-twenty is a rugby league kick.
Forward Pass Deniers
Garryowen and Out A garryowen is a rugby union high kick.
Grubber Gloves
Interchange Bench Station The interchange bench is a rugby league term.
Interchange Rate The interchange bench is a rugby league term.
Knock-On Neighbors
Lineout Call Center The lineout is a rugby union restart.
Lineout Code Breakers The lineout is a rugby union restart.
Loft Conversion Kickers
Maul Order Catalog The maul is a rugby union contest.
Maul Security The maul is a rugby union contest.
Offload Shedding
Openside Sesame
Phase Seventeen and Counting
Props to the Props
Referred to the TMO The TMO is rugby union's television match official.
Rolling Maul Luggage The maul is a rugby union contest.
Ruck Inspection Unit
Scrum One, Scrum All
Scrummage Sale
Taking It at Phase Value
Try Before You Buy

Squad and selection jokes 15

Autopick Forwards
Bench Impact Assessment
Benched the Wrong Winger
Dropped for the Derby
First Cap Nerves
Fullback on the Bench Again
Matchday Twenty-Three
Selectors Anonymous
Six-Two Bench Split
Squad Rotation Nation
Team Sheet Leak
Thursday Team Naming Nerves
Try Scorer's Remorse
Uncapped and Unbothered
Wing Selection Wobbles

Tough names for the pack 16

Blindside Bulldozers
Breakdown Burglars
Breakdown Monsters
Dominant Tackle Department In rugby league, a referee can call a tackle dominant.
Fend-Off Federation
Hard Yards Union
Iron Pack
Lineout Steal Syndicate The lineout is a rugby union restart.
Maul Marshals The maul is a rugby union contest.
Maul Stoppers Union The maul is a rugby union contest.
Openside Outlaws
Scrum Dominators
Second Shove Scrum
Tackle Count Leaders
Tackle Line Bricklayers
Up the Jumper Brigade In rugby league, up the jumper is a low-risk style of play.

Clean names for a work league 18

Bike Shed Backs
Boardroom Breakdown
Desk Job Drop Goals
Lanyard Wearing Wingers
Lineout at the Printer The lineout is a rugby union restart.
Mark It in the Calendar
Maul in the Mailroom The maul is a rugby union contest.
Offload to the Intern
Offloads From Accounts
Payroll Pack
Phase Three of the Project
Photocopier Phase Play
Ruck at the Coffee Machine
Shredder Room Ruck
Spreadsheet Scrummagers
Stationery Cupboard Scrum
Timesheet Touch Finders
Touchline Line Managers

Last place 15

Bench Emptied, Still Losing
Captain Rested, Points Rested
Conceded Fifty Again
Held Up Over the Line
Missed Tackle Museum
Nilled at Home
Offside All Afternoon
Outflanked Again
Pack Under Reconstruction
Penalized at Every Scrum
Pointless in the Pool Stage
Scrum Reset Again
Shield Final Dreamers
Tackled Into Touch
Turnover Tally Leaders

How this list was compiled

A list of 91 fantasy rugby team names written by Wheel of Teams on 2026-10-03 and filed in five groups: rugby puns, squad and selection jokes, tough names for the pack, clean names for a work league, and last place. The names use rugby union and rugby league words; 17 of them print a line naming the code the word comes from. The names are our own suggestions; none uses the name of a real player, club, union, competition or fantasy game, and any match with a real team is a coincidence. The rugby terms were looked up on 2026-10-03 in English Wikipedia, text under CC BY-SA 4.0: Glossary of rugby union terms (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_rugby_union_terms) and Glossary of rugby league terms (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_rugby_league_terms); everyday rugby words neither glossary lists (hard yards, second shove, touch finder, nilled, the six-two bench split, the matchday twenty-three) were not looked up. Compared by script on 2026-10-03 with every other list on this site: no name is repeated. Nothing was checked against a trademark register. Licence: own work